Reply:

(1) (a) The following table reflects the details in this regard

(Neonatal deaths in hospitals, Community Health Centres and Clinics, 2015-2019	(aa)	(bb)
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
(i) Neonatal deaths/1000 live births: Hospitals (public and Private)	16.3	15.3	14.8	14.5	14.6
(ii) Neonatal deaths/1000 live births: clinics and CHCs (public only)	0.9	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.2

(b) The main causes of newborn deaths (source: Saving Babies Report, 2014-2016) are:

i. Immaturity related causes;

ii. Hypoxia;

iii. Infections, mostly associated with HIV; and

iv. Congenital abnormalities.

(2) (a) Relevant details of investigations in causes of mortality:

The National Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Committee - a Ministerial Committee appointed since 2012 is mandated to report on the number and causes of neonatal mortality. The Committee reviews data from all available sources such as the District Health Information System, the Perinatal Problem Identification Programme and StatSA data to determine mortality rates. The Committee prepares reports and presents the report to the Minister and the National Health Council.

(b) Details of recommendations:

Recommendations to reduce neonatal mortality (Saving Babies Report, 2014-2016) are:

i. Scale up Helping Babies Breathe skills;

ii. Continue with the implementation of the management of small and sick neonates programme;

iii. Continue with scale-up of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) intervention;

iv. Focus on intrapartum care; and

v. Scale up Basic Antenatal Care plus.

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Reply:

1. (a) According to the information provided by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), the total number of doctors registered is as follows:

Province	Public	Private	(b) number of the specified doctors are currently practicing in each case
Eastern Cape	376	2761	HPCSA does not keep a record of whether a doctor is practising in the public or private sector, nor of the province in which they are working.
Free State	151	1713
Gauteng	1237	14304
Kwa-Zulu Natal	781	6944
Limpopo	229	1521
Mpumalanga	249	1449
North West	249	1172
Northern Cape	121	540
Western	443	9115
Foreign	47	504
No Province shown	120	649
Total	4003	40672

2. (a) Nurses are not required to register with the HPCSA to practice as nurses in South Africa. However, according to South African Nursing Council (SANC), a total number of nurses registered in each province is as follows:

2(a) Province	(i) Public and (ii) Private	(b) number of the specified nurses are currently practicing in each case
Eastern Cape	29533	SANC does not register nurses by employment authority (i.e. public or private) but registration is done in line with the categories of nurses as provided for in the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act. No. 33 of 2005)
Free State	13398
Gauteng	74044
Kwa-Zulu Natal	71030
Limpopo	28839
Mpumalanga	14878
North West	18002
Northern Cape	3747
Western Cape	32233
Total	285704

3. The following South African (a) Medical and (b) (i) Nursing Students who met requirements of being registered with their relevant Professions Council, were allocated since 1 January 2019:

Province	Medical Practitioner	Professional Nurse
EC	125	591
FS	67	168
GP	260	672
KZ	222	747
LP	138	331
MP	170	313
NC	82	50
NW	144	485
WC	205	302
SAMHS	47	14
Grand Total	1460	3673

No South African (a) Medical and (b) (ii) Nursing Students who met requirements of being registered with their relevant Professional Council have not been allocated for community service in each province since 1 January 2019 (i.e. all medical and nursing students who registration requirements were placed).

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Reply:

1. (i) The total number of vacancies on the National Department Health establishment is 25 after the reprioritization process.

(ii) Information on provinces according to Persal report reflects a total of 42,926 vacancies for the nine provincial departments. A verification process is currently underway for provinces to match the Persal report with their actual existing funded vacancies.

2. Identified critical vacancies for the National Department of Health will be filled in the current financial year by 31 March 2020.

Information still awaited from provinces to confirm timelines for filling their vacant posts.

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Reply:

1. The Directorate Radiation control (formerly part of the Department of Health, now transferred to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority – SAHPRA) has the mandate in terms of the Hazardous Substances Act (Act 15 of 1973) to exercise regulatory control over devices and installations that have been declared Group III hazardous substances, i.e. all devices and installations covered by the Schedule of listed Electronic Products (Reg R1302, 14 June 1991).

The Directorate Radiation Control does not have the mandate, resources or infrastructure to engage in or support research with respect to the health effects of any such listed electronic product. Instead, the Directorate (in performing its regulatory responsibility with regard to listed electronic products that purposely produce non-ionising electromagnetic fields) has opted since 1998 to follow the recommendations and guidelines of the WHO International Electromagnetic fields Project (www.who.int/peh-emf).

Since the publication of exposure guidelines by the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) in 1998, the WHO International Electromagnetic Fields Project has constantly been recommending the use of these guidelines (updated periodically) as the science-based way to deal with any situation where a person might be exposed to non-ionising electromagnetic fields. Compliance with the applicable ICNIRP limit will afford protection against the known adverse health effects of any such electromagnetic fields.

Surveys conducted around the world and also in South Africa have consistently indicated that the levels, to which the general population is exposed as a result of various wireless technologies, invariably are orders of magnitude below the applicable ICNIRP limit.

The WHO International Electromagnetic Fields Project has not published any report or statement to the effect that 5G technology would have any deleterious effect on the health of either the users of this technology or the population in general.

2. See (1) above.

(3) The methodology in the US National Toxicology Program involved exposing rats for long period of time to levels of microwave radiation well above the applicable ICNIRP limit for humans.

Compliance with the applicable ICNIRP limit is expressly aimed at avoiding any significant heating of the body or part of the body. Given these high levels of microwave radiation, it would not be unreasonable to suspect that the effects that were noticed in some rat populations were indeed mainly or exclusively due to excessive heating caused by the exposure to microwave radiation.

Although no human subject would knowingly be exposed to the high levels of microwave radiation to which the rats are exposed, this study does serve as confirmation of (a) the fact that the ICNIRP limits would have to be exceeded significantly before any health effects would become apparent, and (b) that compliance with the applicable ICNIRP limit will indeed protect against significant heating and hence the health effects that could be associated with heating.

In making policy recommendations to the Department of Health on the health effects on non-ionising electromagnetic fields, the Directorate Radiation Control does not consider it appropriate to even attempt to look at the results of any single study in isolation. The WHO International Electromagnetic Fields Project has rigorously been reminding member countries that a single study on its own could never by an adequate basis for setting or changing policy, no matter how significant or even ground breaking it may seem. Only in the event that other researchers independently make the effort to replicate a single study under the same conditions and their results turn out similar to those yielded by the initial study, could the process even of looking closer at the results of that initial study start. In all of this the implicit assumption would be that the initial study had been properly designed in the first instance, and carried out according to a scientifically justified methodology, and that the statistical analysis had been executed properly. The guidance and recommendations of the WHO International Electromagnetic Fields Project have therefore always been based on reviews which were conducted by multi-disciplinary panels of scientists employing a health-oriented, science-based weight-of-evidence approach involving all of the available scientific evidence.

The US National Toxicology Program has as yet not been replicated independently. The Japanese and Korean Ministries of Health announced in April 2019 that they were embarking on a five-year joint research effort aimed at verification of the results of the US National Toxicology Program. Regardless of the outcome, any replication/verification of these results would then still need to be evaluated in terms of the overall weight of evidence with respect to the health effects of exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields.

END.

Reply:

The Director General’s Office has compiled a detailed list in response to the question, as well as the reasons for delays, which I attach below, and I have taken note of the challenges the Department notes with regard to completion of some cases of disciplinary action.

Clearly, it is necessary to review the systems relating to disciplinary matters to enable a fair and expeditious process of completing such cases, as lengthy periods of suspension of staff on full pay is not in the interest of the public nor of the employees concerned. I have asked the Director General to consider appropriate ways, within the legislative framework and prescripts to avoid lengthy suspensions in future.

The response of the Corporate Management Services Division of the Department to the question is as follows:

“It should be noted that there is a general challenge in the Public Service with regard to acquiring experienced chairpersons for disciplinary proceedings. The reasons provided by trained chairpersons are due to the shortage of staff in their own areas, reluctance to deal with complex cases as well as the fact that the chairperson needs to be on a more senior level than the employee who is being charged.

Cases cannot proceed before forensic reports are concluded as thorough work needs to be done prior to an employee being charged for misconduct. In a number of cases, the forensic reports were awaited for the Department to have a sound case.”

	Reason for Disciplinary Action	Job Title	Reasons why matter has not been finalised	Length of suspension
1	Gross Negligence	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement for the recordings to be availed and software had to be procured for the reproduction of the recordings. Challenges were experienced with the recordings and the disciplinary enquiry was scheduled for 13 June 2018 and 5 July 2018 but had to be postponed. The matter was escalated to the Director-General for a decision. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
2	Disgraceful Conduct	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement. The matter was postponed to 14 and 27 March 2018, 7 June 2018, 22 June 2018, 27 June 2018. The sanction was issued. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
3	Dereliction of duties	Deputy Director	Reasons: The disciplinary enquiry was scheduled shortly after the charges were laid. However, the Employee party requested postponement as he challenged the level of the initiator. The matter was responded to in writing and the hearing took place on 13 April 2018. Another request was received for postponement by the employee and postponement was granted until 9 May 2018. Further hearings were conducted on 29 May 2018 and 16 July 2018. The matter was withdrawn. Status: The matter has been finalized.	N/A
4	Alleged fraud	Assistant Director	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a chairperson and initiator in the matter.	N/A
5	Disgraceful Conduct	Deputy Director	The employee has resigned shortly after he was charged. The matter has been finalized.	N/A
6	Dereliction of duties	Deputy Director	Reasons: The employee was suspended pending the disciplinary process. Challenges were experienced to acquire the services of a chairperson as well as initiator. The precautionary suspension was lifted and he resumed duties. Counsel was appointed to advise on the matter and a legal opinion was received. Status: The Department is in the process of appointing the initiator and chairperson.	N/A
7	Gross Negligence and Dishonesty	Chief Director	Reasons: The Department appointed on two occasions, chairpersons to chair the internal disciplinary enquiry and the employee requested the matter to be referred to the GPSSBC for appointment of an arbitrator. The disciplinary enquiry chaired by an arbitrator from GPSSBC took place on 8 and 15 May 2017. The Commissioner recused himself because he had foreknowledge about the case. Another Commissioner was secured. The enquiry took place on 4 and 5 July 2017 and a referral to CCMA was received. The arbitration at the CCMA was concluded on 20 November 2017. The matter was set down at the GPSSBC on 26-28 March 2018. The employee party requested the Commissioner to recuse herself from the proceedings, because they were of the opinion that the Commissioner was biased. The Commissioner recused herself from the proceedings and the GPSSBC appointed a new Commissioner. The matter has been set down for 3 August 2018, 20 May 2019, 24 June 2019 and 2-4 July 2019. Status: The parties are awaiting the outcome.	N/A
8	Disgraceful/ unprofessional conduct	Chief Director	Reasons: The employee referred the matter to the GPSSBC after suspension and various postponements were experienced. The Director-General notified the GPSSBC of the delays and the need to expedite the process. They are, however, of the view that there is a need to strictly follow due process. Status: The disciplinary enquiry took place on 3-5 April 2019, 24-25 April 2019, 15 May 2019 and 11-12 June 2019. The Department concluded the testimonies of all its witnesses and the employee also concluded the testimony of one (1) of his witnesses. The employee is currently on the stand and the matter has been postponed until 14 and 18 October 2019.	729 days
9	Alleged Fraud	Trade and Invest Advisor	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a Chairperson and Initiator in the matter.	325 days
10	Alleged Fraud	Director	Reasons: A forensic investigation was conducted and the final report was issued during October 2018. Non-availability of an experienced chairperson and initiator posed challenges. Status: Counsel has been appointed and consultation took place on 4 April 2019. The Department is in the process of sourcing the services of a Chairperson and Initiator in the matter.	235 days

2. Each of the officials mentioned above received their monthly salaries, in line with the provisions of Clause 7.2(a) of PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2003: “Disciplinary Code and Procedures for the Public Service” and Clause 2.7(2)(a) of Chapter 7 of the SMS Handbook of 2003, as amended: “Disciplinary Code and Procedures for Members of the SMS”.

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Reply:

(1)(a) (i) The new water purification plant in Bloemhof is at 89% completion.

(ii) The entire pipeline from Bloemhof to Schweizer-Reneke is 60km long. However, my Department is currently working on the construction of the first 11km. The progress is at 50% towards completion.

(b) Both the water purification plant and the 11km pipeline will be completed in December 2019 and the plan is to complete the entire project by December 2020.

(2)(a) (i) The current total cost of the construction of the plant is R120 million.

(ii) The current total cost of the construction of the pipeline is R278, 490,800.

(b) The costs incurred in respect of the contractor for the Water Treatment Plant is R75 580 million, and for the pipeline it is R21 980 million. This includes the fees of the engineers.

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. Only two individuals were identified as having received funding from the IDC. These are set out below:

Siyabonga Cwele

On 23 November 2007, the IDC approved a funding amount of R3.1 million and a R5 million performance guarantee to Prop 5 Corporation. The person in question was listed as a director, at the time. The R5 million performance guarantee was never called on and it expired in 2009. R 5 027 769,75, which includes interest, has been repaid on the loan provided.

Gwen Ramakgopa

Between 2012 and 2018, the IDC provided funding totalling R110.45 million to Kiaat Private Hospital. Dr Ramakgopa was appointed by Nozala as a director to Kiaat Private Hospital but she subsequently resigned. No repayment has been made yet as the hospital faced several operational and financial challenges. The facility has been restructured.”

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Reply:

1. Yes it has been renewed and signed 4 March 2019. The Agreement covers the following areas of co-operation:

a) Recruitment of Medical doctors and lecturers form Republic of Cuba;

b) Training of Medical students and postgraduates in the Republic of Cuba;

c) Exploration of possible areas of mutual interests in the fields of Biotechnology production and the development of pharmaceuticals and any other area of scientific research; and

d) Any other program or activity that may be mutually agreed upon between the Parties

2. No, the Government of the Republic of South Africa does not intend to terminate the exchange of doctors between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Cuba. In accordance with the Agreement concluded and signed between the Government of the Republic of South African and the Republic of Cuba on 4 March 2019 in Havana, at the request of the Government of the Republic of South Africa, through its Ministry of Health, the Republic of Cuba shall assist in the recruitment of Cuban health professionals in identified categories.

The Cuban health professionals recruited under this Agreement will be recruited for the following purpose:

a) Providing health services to rural and other disadvantaged communities within areas where such services are inadequate;

b) Assisting the provision of health services in hospitals, clinics community health centres and other institutions throughout the provinces of the Republic of South Africa; and

c) Training and supporting local medical doctors, interns and students who work in such areas and institutions, on teaching programmes that the Parties agree upon.

(3) (a) Eighty (80) students depended on the availability of Provincial financial resources;

(b) Ten (10) students per eight (8) participating Provinces excluding the Western Cape. The only Province that will be sending students for the 2019/20 intake is the North West, 15 students;

(c) Provinces intend to recruit a total number of 112 Cuban doctors to the Republic to assist in the public health sector as identified by Provinces; and

(d) These Cuban doctors will be dispatched as per the following Provincial requests: Free State = 27; Limpopo = 37, Mpumalanga Province = 15; Northern Cape Province = 12 and North West Province = 21.

(4) (a) and (b) There are 326 students who have dropped out due to various reasons reflected in the table below

Province	Medical	Misconduct	Academic	Voluntary	Deaths	Total
Eastern Cape	12	16	19	3	2	52
Free State	2	8	13	3	1	27
Gauteng	7	4	12	2	1	26
KwaZulu/Natal	12	7	31	11	4	65
Limpopo	4	5	8	0	0	17
Mpumalanga	2	19	5	7	3	36
Northern Cape	13	9	10	4	2	38
North West	18	6	29	7	5	65
Total	70	74	127	37	18	326

(c) The bursary contract is entered into between the student and the individual Provincial Health Department. The contract is standard across the country. When the student drops out each Province refers the student through writing to the Debt Collection office. Provinces have a difficulty in recouping the funds as these students are selected from the most disadvantaged families whose socio-economic status makes it impossible for repayment, unless the student might get a gainful employment.

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Reply:

Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the Western Cape Department of Health (WCDoH) are contracted through the local Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). When the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council (PHSDSBC) Resolution 1 of 2018 agreement between the Department of Health and the Labour Unions on the standardisation of the Community Health Worker Remuneration was communicated to all provinces, the WCDoH indicated that the agreement does not apply to them as their model of contracting CHWs is different from that of the National Department of Health. This matter was also discussed in the National Health Council (NHC) meeting of 28 February 2019 wherein the same argument was presented. The NHC decided that all provinces should pay CHWs through PERSAL except for the Western Cape.

This meant that the WCDoH could continue with their contractual arrangement that is, contracting CHWs through NPOs.

The WCDoH also defended their argument in the PHSDSBC in response to a dispute that was referred by a Labour Union, NUPSAW, on the interpretation of Resolution 1 wherein an award was made as follows:

• Resolution 1 of 2018 applies and binds the WCDoH;

• As a result of the WCDoH not having Health Care Workers in its employ, it has no obligation to implement Resolution 1 of 2018.

It is for the reasons stated above that the WCDoH is contracting CHWs through local NPOs.

With regards to the remuneration package, the WCDoH complies with Resolution 1 agreement. CHWs are remunerated at R3,500 per month.

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Reply:

Management of Mental Health users at different levels is a function of a Multi -disciplinary team. The first line service are rendered by the Psychiatric nurses

a) The following table reflects the details in this regard

Province	Clinical Psychologists	Psychiatrists	Counsellors
	(a)(i)	(a)(ii)	(a)(iii)
Eastern Cape	29	10	1
Free State	20	13	0
Gauteng	63	110	1
KwaZulu-Natal	59	29	0
Limpopo	16	6	8
Mpumalanga	7	3	7
North West	21	5	0
Northern Cape	12	4	1
Western Cape	31	37	0

b) The following table reflects the details in this regard

Province	Name of Health Establishment	Psychiatrists	Clinical psychologists	Counsellors
Eastern Cape	Elizabeth Donkin Hospital	1	5	0
	Fort England Hospital	5	12	0
	Komani Hospital	1	4	0
	Tower Hospital	0	2	0
	Mthatha Mental Health Unit	2	3	1
	Dora Nginza Mental Health Unit	1	3	0
Free State	Free State Psychiatric Complex Hospital	9	9	0
	Pelonomi Regional Hospital	2	3	0
	National District Hospital	0	1	0
	Gateway	0	1	0
	J.S. Moroka District Hospital	0	1	0
	Dihlabeng Regional Hospital	0	1	0
	MMM Regional Hospital	1	1	0
	Boitumelo Regional Hospital	1	1	0
	Heidedal Clinic	0	1	0
	MUCCP Clinic	0	1	0
Gauteng	Sterkfontein Hospital	16	11	0
	Tara H Moross Centre Hospital	9	9	0
	Weskoppies Hospital	11	16	1
	Cullinan Care and Rehab Centre	0	0	0
	Sizwe TB	2	0	0
	Tshwane Rehabilitation	1	0	0
	Chris Hani Bara	12	9	0
	Charlotte Maxeke	6	4	0
	Dr George Mukhari	12	4	0
	Steve Biko	3	2	0
	Helen Joseph	2	3	0
	Tembisa	5	1	0
	Kalafong	1	0	0
	Rahima Moosa	4	1	0
	Edenvale	0	0	0
	Leratong	6	1	0
	Pholosong	1	0	0
	Sebokeng	2	1	0
	Tambo Memorial	2	1	0
	Far East Rand	3	0	0
	Mamelodi	1	0	0
	Thelle Mogoerane	2	0	0
	Dr Yusuf Dadoo	0	0	0
	South Rand	0	0	0
	Bertha Gxowa	1	0	0
	Heidelberg	1	0	0
	Kopanong	0	0	0
	Pretoria West	1	0	0
	Jubilee	2	0	0
	Odi District	2	0	0
	Carletonville	0	0	0
	Tshwane District	1	0	0
	Bheki Mlangeni	1	0	0
	Bronkhorspruit	0	0	0
KwaZulu-Natal	Ekhulengeni Sanatorium Hospital	1	0	0
	Fort Napier Hospital	2	2	0
	Umgeni Waterfall Institute Hospital	0	0	0
	Townhill Hospital	4	7	0
	Umzimkhulu Hospital	0	2	0
	Madadeni Psychiatric Hospital	2	3	0
	Psychiatric Unit in King George V Hospital	4	0	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Ladysmith Hospital	1	0	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Port Shepstone Hospital	1	2	0
	Addington Hospital	3	0	0
	EThekwini District Office	1	0	0
	GJG Mpanza	1	0	0
	Ngwelezane	3	2	0
	Prince Mshiyeni	1	2	0
	RK Khan	2	1	0
	King Edward	3	1	0
	East Griqualand and Usher District Hospital	0	1	0
	Edendale Regional Hospital	0	3	0
	Estcourt District Hospital	0	3	0
	Ethekwini DHO	0	1	0
	GJ Crookes District Hospital	0	1	0
	Grey's Tertiary Hospital	0	3	0
	Head Office	0	1	0
	Hlabisa District Hospital	0	1	0
	Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital	0	1	0
	King Dinuzulu District Hospital	0	5	0
	KwaMashu CHC	0	1	0
	Mahatma Gandhi Regional Hospital	0	3	0
	McCord Specialized Eye Hospital	0	1	0
	Mseleni District Hospital	0	1	0
	Murchison District Hospital	0	1	0
	Newcastle Regional Hospital	0	1	0
	Northdale District Hospital	0	3	0
	Queen Nandi Regional Hospital	0	1	0
	Stanger Regional Hospital	0	1	0
	Tongaat CHC	0	1	0
	Vryheid District Hospital	0	1	0
	Wentworth District Hospital	0	2	0
Limpopo	Evuxakeni Hospital	0	0	0
	Hayani Hospital	1	1	0
	Thabamoopo Hospital	1	3	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Donald Fraiser Hospital	0	1	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Elim Hospital	0	1	2
	Psychiatric Unit in Letaba Hospital	1	3	1
	Psychiatric Unit In Malamulele Hospital	0	0	1
	Psychiatric Unit in Mankweng Hospital	3	5	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Matlala Hospital	0	2	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Siloam Hospital	0	0	2
	Psychiatric Unit in Tshilidzini Hospital	0	0	2
Mpumalanga	Psychiatric unit in Rob Ferreira Hospital	2	2	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Witbank Hospital	1	3	0
	Psychiatric Unit in Tintswalo Hospital	0	2	0
	Lydenburg Hospital	0	0	1
	Shongwe Hospital	0	0	1
	Witbank	0	0	1
	Ermelo	0	0	1
	Carolina	0	0	1
	Embhuleni	0	0	1
	Evander	0	0	1
Northern Cape	West End Specialised Psychiatric Hospital	3	3	0
	Frances Baard District	0	3	1
	Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital	0	1	0
	Pixley Ka Seme District	0	1	0
	Namakwa District	0	1	0
	ZF Mgcawu District	0	1	0
	Dr Harry Surtie	0	2	0
North West	Witrand Psychiatric Hospital	1	8	0
	Bophelong Psychiatric Hospital	1	5	0
	JST Hospital	1	2	0
	Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital Complex	1	2	0
	Brits Hospital	0	2	0
	Joe Morolong Hospital (Vryburg)	0	1	0
	Mahikeng Provincial Hospital	0	1	0
Western Cape	Alexandra Hospital	1	4	0
	Lentegeur Hospital	11	10	0
	Stikland Hospital	8	8	0
	Valkenberg Hospital	10	6	0
	Tygerberg Hospital Adult Psychiatry	4	0	0
	Tygerberg Hospital: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit	3	3	0

(c) Information on the official language that each person who provides a service in is not collected and reported on in the current health information systems. Information that was provided by provinces shows the following generic or regional trends.

Province	Languages used in providing services
Eastern Cape	Afrikaans; Xhosa; and English
Free State	Afrikaans; English; and Sotho
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal	Information not provided
Limpopo	Information not provided
Mpumalanga	Isizulu; Isiswati; IsiNdebele; Tshonga; Sotho; English; Afrikaans; and Pedi.
North West	Information not provided
Northern Cape	English; Afrikaans; and Setswana.
Western Cape	English; Afrikaans; and Xhosa.

(d) Currently the district Health Information system, which is the agreed upon information system between the National and Provincial Departments of Health collects and reports on nine mental health data elements on a monthly basis in terms of the National Indicator Data Set. One of the nine data elements is "mental health client total" which is utilized to calculate and report on caseloads on clients who attended ambulatory (non-patient) services for mental health conditions per facility. The current system does not collect information and report on caseload per health practitioner that provides a service.

Information on the average Mental Health Case Load per Province
Province	April 2018 to March 2019
Eastern Cape	2.2
Free State	3.1
Gauteng	2.5
KwaZulu-Natal	1.7
Limpopo	2.7
Mpumalanga	1.2
Northern Cape	2.2
North West	1.4
Western Cape	1.6

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Reply:

1. The table below reflects the details in this regard:

a) The CEO for Letaba Hospital has been transferred to another hospital in the Province.

b) Only Letaba Hospital has been without the CEO since 01 February 2019.

c) (i) The post of the CEO of Letaba Hospital will be advertised as soon as the former CEO has vacated the post on PERSAL.

(ii) The post will be filled after the recruitment process has been concluded.

(aa), (bb) and (cc) refer to the attached spreadsheet

Hospital	CEO Post status	(aa) Incumbent		(bb) Qualifications and Experience	(cc) Contract Term
Letaba Hospital	Acting	Sibuyi MV		Bachelor of Dental Therapy	21 yrs	On secondment
Van Velden Hospital	Filled	Selatlha JM		MBCHB	10 yrs	N/A
Maphutha Malatji Hospital	Filled	Peta MR		BA: Nursing Science	38 yrs	N/A

2. (a) The Acting CEO of Letaba Hospital has been seconded to the Hospital.

(b) The Acting CEO has 21 Experience as the manager.

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The table below provides information received from provinces on the total number of nongovernmental mental health institutions per province for the past 10 financial years in each province.

Table 1

PROVINCE	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
EASTERN CAPE	02	02	02	02	02	02	02	02	02	03
FREE STATE	0	05	05	05	05	05	05	05	10	12
GAUTENG	49	48	62	48	51	65	68	139	136	164
KWAZULU NATAL	32	32	32	32	31	30	28	28	28	32
LIMPOPO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MPUMALANGA	-	-		-	-		-	-	-	-
NORTHERN CAPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NORTH WEST	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WESTERN CAPE	40	90	102	114	126	134	148	157	165	177
Note: North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Northern Cape Provinces reported that there were no Non-governmental Organisations that were licensed to provide mental health

(1)(a)(ii)-(b) The table below provides information on the total number of patients that are currently housed in each specified institution and the total amount that is contributed by the Provincial Departments of Health annually to each institution.

Where zero funding is indicated, private funding is received. Some of the organizations are fully funded whilst others are partially funded.

The duplicates in the table below reflect different business entities whilst sharing the brand name.

Table 2

 

PROVINCE	NO. OF PATIENTS	STATE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
(a)(ii)	(1)(a)(ii)	(1)(b)
EASTERN CAPE
PE Mental Health Society (Capricorn Halfway House)	10	R180,000.00
Khulanathi Psychosocial Day Care Centre	15	R75,900.00
Care Have Psychiatric Centre	60	R1,151,280.00
FREE STATE
Onze Rust Old Age Home	23	R75,856.00
Trompsburg Sentrum Vir Bejaardes	16	R37,928.00
Huis Kosmos Kestel	16	R18,964.00
Huis Avondvrede Vrede	12	R28,446.00
Stillehawe Dewetsdorp	7	R9,482.00
Vredeshof Dealsville	9	R9,482.00
Vrystaat Nasorg Sentrum, Day Care & Residential	47	R0
Jahweh Day Care Centre	17	R0
Reddersrus Tehuis vir Berjaarsdes	7	R0
Epilepsy SA Free State & North West Branch	41	R0
Engo Sentrum Vir Berjaardes-Senekal	37	R0
Nasina Sentrum vir Berjaardes Ventersburg	7	R0
GAUTENG
Boikanyo	20	R1,097,280.00
Bophelong Special Children Care Centre	10	R548,640.00
Bophelong Special Children Care Centre	25	R418,200.00
Bophelong Special Children Care Centre	13	R476,112.00
Chrysalis Pre-School	30	R501,840.00
Eersterust Care Centre	80	R1,338,240.00
Horison Care Centre	40	R669,120.00
Jacob`s Well Ministries	40	R669,120.00
Kungwini Welfare Organisation	159	R2,659,752.00
Laudium Workshop	100	R1,672,800.00
Lesedi Self Help Association for People with disabilies	20	R1,097,280.00
Lethabo Le Khutso	19	R695,856.00
Lethabo Le Khutso	15	R250,920.00
Little Ables Children's Sanctuary	50	R2,171,160.00
Nthutoko Stimulation Centre	20	R334,560.00
Odirile Centre for Person with Mental and Physical Disabilities	95	R5,212,080.00
Qumi Houses	38	R2,084,832.00
Qumi Houses	54	R903,312.00
Refeng Sebaka	30	R501,840.00
Sebo Sa Rena	40	R669,120.00
Kairos House of Traumatised People	84	R3,076,416.00
Kairos House of Traumatised People	24	R1,316,736.00
Sizanani Village Trust	70	R3,840,480.00
Sizanani Village Trust	59	R986,952.00
Situla Stimulation Centre	30	R501,840.0
Shalom Community Care Centre	80	R1,338 240.00
Simunye Disabled Centre	30	R501,840.00
Thabang Old Age Home	18	R987,552.00
Tshepong Centre for the Disabled	50	R836,400.00
Gilead Old Age &Adult Res (Tshwane Leadership)	45	R1,648,080.00
Gilead Old Age &Adult Res (Tshwane Leadership)	15	R822,960.00
Gauteng North service to people (little Abels)	35	R1,920,240.00
Gauteng North service to people (little Abels)	15	R250,920.00
Tswelopele	25	R418,200.00
Xihlovo Mental Health Care Centre	10	R366,240.00
Xihlovo Mental Health Care Centre	10	R366,240.00
Y.A.N.A (Pretoria vereniging van persone me......)	2	R109,728.00
Y.A.N.A (Pretoria vereniging van persone me......)	44	R1,611,456.00
Y.A.N.A (Pretoria vereniging van persone me......)	13	R476,112.00
Y.A.N.A (Pretoria vereniging van persone me......)	15	R250,920.00
Avril Elizabeth Home	11	R184,008.00
Avril Elizabeth Home	120	R6,583,680.00
Casa Caritas	55	R0
Kgaugelo Stimulation Centre	40	R669,120.00
Kwa-Thema Stimulation Centre	76	R1,271,328.00
Little Eden- Edenvale	180	R9,875,520.00
Little Eden- Elvira Rota Village	120	R6,583,680.00
Mavis Stimulation centre	20	R334,560.00
Monde Stimulation Centre	17	R284,376.00
Rekopane Inclusive Development	22	R1,207,008.00
Rekopane Inclusive Development	15	R250,920.00
San Michele Home 1	15	R549,360.00
San Michele Home 2	200	R10,972,800.00
San Michele Home 3	10	R167,280.00
Sunshine Association centre	36	R602,208.00
Talitha Stimulation Centre - Edenpark	74	R1,237,872.00
Talitha Stimulation Centre - Daleside	40	R2,194,560.00
Tshephong Stimulation Centre	40	R669,120.00
Tshephong Stimulation Centre	20	R1,097,280.00
Tsakane Therapy Center	26	R434,928.00
Vita Nova Centre	90	R4,937,760.00
Benbow House	10	R366,240.00
Derby House	12	R439,488.00
Dolphins Acre	20	R1,097,280.00
Dolphins Acre	10	R366,240.00
Dolphins Acre	10	R548,640.00
Ebenezer House	23	R842,352.00
Ebenezer House	5	R83,640.00
Eyethu Centre for disabled child	20	R1,097,280.00
Eyethu Centre for disabled child	60	R1,003,680.00
House Elpidos - Shalom	7	R0
House Elpidos - Emmanuel	9	R0
Gateway Campbell House"	19	R0
Gateway Murray House	25	R0
Gordonia	70	R2,563,680.00
J.I.S.W.A Profound Unit	10	R167,280.00
Kopanang Stimulation Centre	40	R669,120.00
Gateway Campbell House"	19	R0
Gateway Murray House	25	R0
Lenasia Group Home	5	R183,120.00
Mthimkhulu Grootboom Stimulation Centre	7	R183,120.00
Mthimkhulu Emahlubeni Stimulation Centre	7	R0
Nkanyezi Stimulation Centre	60	R1,003,680.00
Nokuthula School for Learners with Special Education Needs	70	R1,170,960.00
Papillon Psychiatric Recovery Centre	26	R0
Pillsbury Child Care Centre	22	R1,207,008.00
Pillsbury Child Care Centre	10	R167,280.00
Ratanang Group	30	R501,840.00
Sandile Life Skills Centre	11	R184,008.00
Sithandiwe Care Centre	31	R518,568.00
Sithandiwe Care Centre	9	R493,776.00
Sandringham Lodge	50	R0
Sandringham Square	50	R0
Selwyn Segal	25	R0
Society For The Care of Mentally Disabled	25	R418,200.00
S.B.D.A	50	R0
Sunshine Centre Craighall	50	R836,400.00
Sunshine Centre Eldorado Park	50	R836,400.00
Takalani Home	100	R5,486,400.00
Talisman Foundation	200	R7,324,800.00
Tebogo Home	35	R1,920,240.00
Thandanani Rose House	12	R439,488.00
Thandanani Rose House	5	R83,640.00
Thandanani Jabulani	23	R842,352.00
Thandanani Welgelee House	10	R366,240.00
Thandanani Crystal	16	R877,824.00
Thuli Home- Zanele	40	R1,464,960.00
Tumelo Home: Ivory	30	R1,645,920.00
Tumelo Home Ivory	20	R334,560.00
United Cerebral Palsy Association of South Africa	35	R1,920,240.00
United Cerebral Palsy Association of South Africa	5	R83,640.00
Woodside Sanctuary	50	R2,743,200.00
Woodside Sanctuary	50	R2,743,200.00
Woodside Sanctuary	10	R167,280.00
Vuyiswa Home for the Disabled	50	R1,831,200.00
Tiba Services For The Blind	15	R250,920.00
Areyeng Residence	40	R1,464,960.00
Ahang Development Center	15	R250,920.00
Anani Trauma Center	20	R1,097,280.00
Anani Trauma Center	33	R1,208,592.00
Boipoloko Stimulation Centre	22	R368,016.00
Ikhwezilokusa psychiatric Home	30	R501,840.00
Ikhwezilokusa psychiatric Home	26	R1,426,464.00
Ikhwezilokusa psychiatric Home	80	R2,929,920.00
June Nicholls School	30	R501,840.00
Käenguru Institute	42	R2,304,288.00
Kanana Houses	56	R2,050,944.00
Katleho Home	10	R548,640.00
Lapeng Home for The Aged House1	28	R1,536,192.00
Lapeng Home for The Aged 2	15	R822,960.00
Lebohang Centre	45	R2,468,880.00
Mosupatsela Centre	12	R439,488.00
Nyakallong Home For Physically and Mental Retarded	6	R329,184.00
Precious Place Of Hope	16	R877,824.00
Solution Care Center	7	R384,048.00
Tabita Versorgings Oord	21	R1,152,144.00
Tabita Versorgings Oord	65	R2,380,560.00
Thekganang Support Group 1	10	R366,240.00
Thekganang Support Group 2	4	R146,496.00
ThekganangSupport Group 3	7	R256,368.00
Thuthukani Disabled Center	15	R250,920.00
Agakitso	20	R334,560.00
Friends of Sterkfontein	5	R183,120.00
Goitsimodimo	40	R1,829,760.00
Hephzibah Home Care	26	R1,426,464.00
Korekile	150	R8,229,600.00
Light Centre	30	R1,645,920.00
Moonlight Homes	40	R669,120.00
Mosego Home 109	22	R1,207,008.00
Mosego Home 110	12	R658,368.00
Mosego Home 111	15	R822,960.00
Mosego Home 112	18	R987,552.00
Mosego Home 113	14	R768,096.00
Mosego Home 114	17	R932,688.00
Mosego Home 115	18	R987,552.00
Mosego Home 116	25	R1,371,600.00
Rainbow Day Care Centre	30	R501,840.00
Salvation Army Mountain Lodge	60	R2,197,440.00
Salvation Army Mountain Lodge	10	R548,640.00
Zanele Mtshali Disability Home	35	R1,920,240.00
Sinikulwazi Home Based Care	9	R329,616.00
KWAZULU NATAL
John Peattie	50	R1,371,451.00
Lynn House	21	R687,594.00
Rainbow Haven	24	R459,877.00
Sunfield Homes (Jointly funded with DSD)	111	R302,541.00
Clermont	30	R438,205.00
Scdifa	40	R1,072,647.00
Jewel House	12	R0
Phrenaid	5	R0
Masada Workshop	20	R0
Azalea	24	R573,841.00
Phoenix Happy Hours	20	R292,137.00
Durban North Happy Hours	35	R512,399.00
Madeline Manor	42	R1,003,931.00
uMlazi Halfway House	13	R310,685.00
Cheshire Homes Sparks Estate	48	R1,274,042.00
Kwa Ximba Happy Hours	35	R468,347.00
Mpumalanga Happy Hours	32	R468,347.00
Amaoti Happy Hours	32	R585,434.00
St Luke’s	24	R1,026,886.00
Ninikhona Happy hours	20	R291,982.00
Ikhwezi Cripple Care	52	R1,356,742.00
Nyangwini Happy Hours	21	R307,349.00
Ikhanzi Mentally Disturbed Care centre	20	R142,585.00
Reinhardt’s Place	30	R0
Hibberdine Care Centre	20	R351,370.00
Give a Child a Family	6	R0
Othandweni Cerebral Palsy	15	R0
Ikhayalethu Home of Love and Care	54	R0
Umusa wenkosi Care Centre	46	R0
Palm Haven Care Centre for Elderly	25	R0
Hlanganani Ngothando	17	R411,205.00
Austerville Halfway House	26	R621,370.00
SORD (Solid Foundation)	Target:1500 homes p/m	R1,447,577.00
WESTERN CAPE
Stellenbosch Work Centre for Adult Persons with Disabilities	55
Paarl Stimulation Centre for Disabled Children	40
Lewensruimte for Adult Deaf Person	71
Sive Nathi Licensed Home	40
Bizweni Centre for children with Disabilities	80
Zandvliet Care facility	120
Cenida Centre for intellectual Disabled	26
Sibongile Day&Night Care House 1	19
Sibongile Day&Night Care House 2	19
Sibongile Day&Night Care House 3	12
Sherwood Park Special Educare centre	50
Sinethemba Day Care Centre	35
Nomaxabiso Centre for Children with special needs & Inclusive Education	45
Comcare Trust-Squibb House	8
Joy Special Educare	20
Unity Work Centre by the Disabled	47
Adam’s Farm Home Trust	54
Woodside Village Health Care Centre	48
Comcare Trust - Arran House	10
Comcare Trust - Graham House	14
Comcare Trust - Skye House	9
Comcare Trust - Rosebank Court	10
Comcare Trust - Eve House	12
Glendale Home	64
Joyce Chevalier Centre for the Handicapped	41
Helpende Hande Versorgingsoord	50
Comcare Trust – Nuralo House	10
Comcare Trust – Iona House	9
Rosecourt House (Rosecourt Foundation)	10
Rosecourt Terrace (Rosecourt Foundation)	8
Emmaus Protective Workshop & Hostels for the disabled	150
Die Sterreweg Day Care Centre	50
Epilepsy SA	53
Comcare Trust: Welcome Club	80
ACVV Elizabeth Roos Tehuis	43
Optima Day Care Centre	70
Elijada Institute	112
Elim Home	50
Die Eiland Huis vir Gestremdes	20
Camphill Farm Community	62
Sunfield Home Marais Street	9
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Kerrith Retreat	55
Little Angels Day Care & Rehad Centre	14
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Harris Huis	45
Oasis Association: Chukker Road	40
CPOA: Erica Place	81
CPOA: Lilyhaven Place	124
CPOA: Oakhaven Place	78
CMHS: Imizamo Yethu	100
Vukani Centre for Children with Special Needs	30
CMHS – Garden Cottage	8
Rosedon House	58
CMHS – Erika Special Day Care Centre	33
Advanced Homecare	35
Oudewest Hof Health Care	43
Sinethemba Day Care Centre	90
CPOA: Lotus River Place	120
CPOA: Constantia Place	36
De Heide Children Special Care Centre	28
CPOA: Trianon Care Centre	13
The Village Work Centre	50
Oasis Association: Claremont Protective Workshop	165
Oasis Association: Delft Day Care Centre	20
Oasis Association: Ravensmead Day Care Centre	110
Oasis Association: Ruylerwacht Group Homme	12
Oasis Association: Elsie River Protective Workshop	210
CPOA: Nerina Place	98
Grassy Park Centre	50
CPOA: Anchusa Annex	17
CPOA: Avondrust Court Annex	60
CPOA: Fairmead Court Annex	36
CPOA: Riverside Care Centre	10
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Dela Haye	8
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Huis Hensie Vroom	33
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Huis Sonop	60
Community Mental Health and Psychiatry: Huis Miles Bowker	66
Orion Organisation	220
Robin Trust	23
Oasis Care Centre	40
CPOA: Riverglade Health Care	16
CMHS: Kimber House	12
CMHS: Fountain House	90
CPOA: Arcadia Place	45
ACVV Hellen Bellinhanhof	46
CPOA: Arcadia Place	31
APD Oudtshoom: Protective Workshop & Sonskyn Day Care Centre	73
Vermont Centre	22
Die Werkswinkel	16
Huis Isabella	19
Camphill Village	87
Sean Kelly Group Home	14
ACVV Prins Albert – Huis Kweekvallei	20
Heatherton House Healthcare Facility	11
CMHS – Nomceba Workshop	120
CMHS – Athlone Workshop&Garden Pot Centre	250
CMHS – Nitchells Plain Workshop	200
Panorama Palms	25
CMHS – Retreat Workshop	140
Miracles Protective Workshop	55
Sea Park Nursing Care Centre	35
Friends Care Centre	120
ACVV – Huis Elsje	36
Helderberg Lodge	166
Mountview	34
Livewell Suites	70
Heritage Manor Health Care	18
Bridgewater Manor Health Care	35
Lonwabo Home for Disabled Children	25
Sibongile Day abd Night CARE Centre House 4	12
Noordhoek Manor Health Care	14
Cle Du Cap Health Care	18
Emmanuel Day Care Centre	80
God’s Gift Trust	12
Onrus Manor Health Care Centre	18
Caring and Sharing Day Care Centre-APD Breede Valley	18
Breede Valley APD	105
Sean j Kelly Training Centre	45
Uniqcraft Workshop – APD Beaufort West	45
Masixole Day Care Centre – APD Beaufort West	30
Gabriella Centre	34
CMHS-Heideveld Special Education& care centre	70
Hurley Homes cct/a St Anthony’s Home	45
Sunrise Special Care Centre	30
Hope House Trust	8
Agape Family Ministries: Day Care for Special Needs	65
Agape Family Ministries: Asiphe Home	50
Vukuhambe Association for the Multi Disabled	31
Astra Centre	65
Vriende Huis	8
Aan de Drostdy Home for the Elderly (House 6)	35
Aan de Drostdy Home for the Elderly (House 8)	20
Aan de Drostdy Home for the Elderly –Mike Mutter Street	26
Rotary Park Frail Care Centre	25
Jo Dolphin Swartland APD - Malmesbury	20
Huis Perelberg	20
Livewell Villa	35
Hurdy Gurdy House for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	9
Autism Connect Learning Centre	30
Brigadoom Lodge	22
Community Mental Health&Psychiatry: Huis Elroi	20
The Open Circle	40
Jewish Community Services: House 226	6
Jewish Community Services: House 227	6
Siyabonga (Special Kidz Centre)	15
Siyabonga (2 Care Day Care Centre)	30
Siyabonga (Sisonke Protective Workshop)	30
Jura Centre	25
Garisbaai Stanford Day Care	21
Goodhope Day Care Centre	15
Simanyene Centre for the Disabled	20
Yomelelani Centre for Children with Disabilities	18
Silvermine Village Health Care Centre	52
Iris House Childrens Hospice	12
Umthi Special Care Centre	16
Suideroord ACVV Tehuis vir Bejaardes	108
Bredasdorp Day Care Centre	6
Trevelyn Lodge	55
Sunfield Home-Brainskloof Road	105
Iqhayiya Care and Support House	23
Play on wheels-Gugulethu	12
Balula Children’s Home Based Care and Craft Centre	9
Ocean View APD	135
Roosendal Special Care Centre Inclusive Educare	55
The Villa Nazareth House	24
Play on Wheels Langa	12
Unakho Day Care Centre for Disabled Children	20
ACVV Robertson: Trippel Toonjies Playschool for Disabled Children	21
Vrolike Vinkies Pre-Primary Educare Centre	24
Heartlands Baby Santuary	20
Faircape Health (Pty) Ltd: Tokai	16
Siyabonga: Huis Van Danksegging: Huis Hadassa Child&Youth Care Centre	8
Siyabonga: Huis Van Danksegging: Huis Natachia Group Home for person with Disabilities	14
Siyabonga: Huis Van Danksegging: Huis Cornelius Residential Care for Adults	18
CPOA: Pinelands Grove Care Centre	18
CPOA: The Manor Care Centre	23
Bendiga House for Independent Living	10
Hermanus Elderly Care Place	54
Huis horizon Sentrum	102
Note: The Western Cape Province provided information on the total annual contribution for Nongovernmental Organizations in the 2019/202 financial year which amounts to R5,148,000.00 for rural health districts and R52,910,768.00 for facilities in the Metro District.

(2) The table below provides information on the registration status of the entities in each province:

Table III

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF NGOs PER PROVINCE	Registered/Company/Independent entity
Eastern Cape	03	Registered NPO
Free State	12	Registered NPO
Gauteng	164	Registered NPO
KwaZulu-Natal	32	Registered NPO
Limpopo	0	-
Mpumalanga	0	-
Northern Cape	0	-
North West	0	-
Western Cape	177	164 Registered NPOs 13 Registered company/independent entities

(3) In terms of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002) and its General regulations, Provincial Departments of Health are required to subject such entities to at least an annual audit by designated officials of the Provincial Department concerned. If a condition of a licence is not complied with, the Provincial Department concerned may withdraw that licence.

END.

Reply:

(a) For the 2019/20 financial year, South rand Hospital has the following budget allocations:

• Voted Funds                                               R 274,218,000.00
• Programme 8                                              R 9,140,000.00
• HIV/AIDS Conditional Grant                         R 21,719,000.00
• TB Conditional Grant                                   R 1,841,000.00

(b) (i) The budget is structured, captured and allocated according to 4 Economical Classifications, namely: Compensation of Employees, Goods and Services, Machinery and Equipment and Households

(ii) Institutions are compelled to spend the allocated budget in line with the Demand Plan which is in line with the allocated budget. All Goods and Services to be procured are reconciled to this plan.

(c) The existing staff vacancies will be filled in August and September 2019. The interviewing processes are currently underway.

END.

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. Only two individuals were identified as having received funding from the IDC. These are set out below:

Tokyo Sexwale

In February 2005, the IDC provided funding to a BEE consortium to which Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments was party to. Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments is a subsidiary of Mvelaphanda Holdings, in which the individual in question is the Chairman. The funding amount provided was R126 388 617.50 to Mvelaphanda. R287 276 627.50 was repaid, which includes dividends and interest on the facility.

In 2006, IDC provided a funding amount of R4 million to Business Century Publishing (Pty) Ltd. The individual in questions is the chairman of Mvelaphanda Holdings which is a 35% shareholder in Business Century. R 832 500 was repaid. The company ceased operation and was liquidated in or about October 2008.

During the period 2013/14, the IDC provided a funding amount of R30 590 000 to Delimazi (Pty) Ltd in which the person in question was a Private Equity Investor. R 23 440 000 has been repaid to date. The film performed poorly as a result of strong competition.

Iqbal Surve

The IDC has found records of funding captured in October 2002 for an amount of R50.6 million. It relates to a facility that was signed in July 1998, provided for the acquisition of Premier Fishing Group Ltd’s 80% shareholding in Premier Fishing (Pty) Ltd. The individual has 51% shareholding in Sekunjalo Investments (Pty) Ltd and is a Director of Premier Fishing (Pty) Ltd. An amount of R65 million was repaid on the facility as full and final settlement to the IDC’s exposure.”

-END-

Reply:

The CEO of the IDC, Mr Tshokolo P. Nchocho, has provided me with the following response:

“The IDC has undertaken a search of its IT systems which go back to 2001 regarding the persons for whom names were furnished. None of the persons in question have been identified as having received funding from the IDC over the period in question.”

-END-

Reply:

1. The list of accredited tertiary medical institutions as recognised by the Health Professions Council of South Africa is as follows:-

• Stellenbosch University
• Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
• University of Cape Town
• University of the Free State
• University of Pretoria
• University of Witwatersrand
• Walter Sisulu University
• University of Kwa Zulu Natal
• University of Limpopo

2. As a creature of statute, the HPCSA and Boards powers are confined to those conferred by the statute creating them and limited to the Republic of South Africa. The HPCSA thus endeavours to run its operations in accordance with the relevant Act and Regulations.

In this regard, the HPCSA will soon be embarking on a process to review the regulations and rules in their entirety so as to address any gaps identified in the course of application of the said rules and regulations.

It is envisaged that this process will be completed in a few months and that the above concern will be addressed in the process.

END.

Reply:

a) The Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) was established in accordance with the amended National Health Act of 2013, Chapter 10. One of the objectives of the OHSC is to protect and promote the health and safety of users of health services by monitoring and enforcing compliance by health establishments with norms and standards prescribed by the Minister in relation to the national health system. The Norms and Standards Regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments was Gazetted in February 2018.

In addition, National programmes such as the Ideal Clinic and Hospital programme was established to give guidance and monitor the progress of health facilities with the implementation of the Norms and Standards Regulations.

The NDOH is tasked with the management of public health facilities and infrastructure of the country, in conjunction with the provincial Infrastructure Units of the Provincial Health Departments. The Cluster focuses on co-ordinating and funding health infrastructure to enable provinces to plan, manage, modernise, rationalise and transform infrastructure, health technology and hospital management, and improve the quality of care in line with national policy objectives. This programme is funding infrastructure projects ranging from new and replaced facilities; upgrades and additions; refurbishment, rehabilitation and renovations, to maintenance and repairs. Of importance most of the healthcare infrastructure projects funded over the MTEF period by the Provincial Equitable Share, Health Facility Revitalisation Grant, and In-kind Grant focused on upgrades and additions; refurbishment, rehabilitation and renovations, to maintenance and repairs.

b) The human resources for health (HRH) crisis will undermine the achievement of high-quality universal health coverage. This crisis is characterised by: staff shortages, inequities and mal-distribution between urban and rural areas and between the public and private health sectors; unprofessional behaviour and poor staff motivation and performance. This crisis will undermine the achievement of high-quality universal health coverage, if not addressed. In the public sector, the lack of knowledge and skills of doctors and nurses were contributory factors in the potentially preventable maternal deaths.

We have realized a need to invest in, and transform human resources in support of a high-quality health system, focusing on the following:

Development of a transformative HRH plan.

(i) The National Department of Health (NDoH) will use the opportunity provided by the development of the HRH plan forthe period 2019/20-2024/25 to partner with front-line health care providers for a high quality health system, and to make health equity and quality the foundation of the new HRH plan.

(ii) The NDoH will finalize the staffing norms and standards for District Hospitals, that are informed by the national quality Program of Action (POA).

Corruption

Fraud and corruption are major threats to equitable access to quality health care. Therefore all provincial departments of health are required (according to legislation) to have an approved fraud and corruption plan. Employees are encouraged to report all corruption to the Anti-corruption hotline.

END.

Reply:

(a) Budget allocated to the private office of the Minister for the 2019-20 financial year

 

Compensation of Employees	R11 615 000-00
Goods and Services	R 8 700 000-00
Machinery and Equipment	R 35 000-00
TOTAL	R20 350 000-00

(b) (i) See (a) above.

(ii) and (iii) The salary level of each employee appointed in the past three financial years are as follows:

JOB TITLE	SALARY LEVEL
Food Aid	2
Domestic Worker (PTA)	3
Domestic Worker (CPT)	3
Driver Messenger	5
Receptionist	6
Administrative Secretary	13
Deputy Administrative Secretary	12
Appointment Secretary	12
Assistant Private Secretary	10
Registry Clerk	5
Administrative Clerk (Supervisor)	7
Administrative (Supervisor)	7
Senior Administrative Officer	8
Deputy Parliamentary Officer	12
Parliamentary Officer	13
Media Liaison Officer	13
Chief of Staff	Vacant
Advisor	14
Special Advisor	16

(iv) The qualifications of each employee appointed are as follows:

JOB TITLE	QUALIFICATION
Food Aid	Information not available
Domestic Worker(PTA)	Grade 11
Domestic Worker (CPT)	Grade 11
Driver Messenger	Senior Certificate
Receptionist	Senior Certificate
Administrative Secretary	Senior Certificate, Bachelor Laws(LLB)
Deputy Administrative Secretary	Senior Certificate, National Diploma Public Management and Administration
Appointment Secretary	Senior Certificate
Assistant Private Secretary	Senior Certificate, Bachelor’s degree Accounting Science
Registry Clerk	Senior Certificate, National Diploma Public Relations Management
Administrative Clerk(Supervisor)	Senior Certificate
Administrative Clerk(Supervisor)	Not indicated
Senior Administrative Officer	Senior Certificate, Bachelor of Commerce, Honours Bachelor of Commerce
Deputy Parliamentary Officer	Senior Certificate, Bachelor of Administration Human Resources and Public Administration, Master’s degree Business Administration
Parliamentary Officer	Senior Certificate.
Media Liaison Officer	Senior Certificate, Diploma Emergency Care, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Chief of Staff	Vacant
Advisor	Senior Certificate, LLB
Special Advisor	Senior Certificate, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Administration, Post graduate certificate in Occupational Health, Strategic Transformation programme certificate, Human Resources for Health certificate and many others

(v) These will be done by the end of August 2019.

END.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

(1) The Minister invited Public Works MECs from all nine provinces to her office prior to the 2019 Budget Vote Debate. She provided snacks and cool drinks at the cost of R1 300. The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure had an Information Desk on the ground floor of 120 Plein Street Building.

(a), (b), and (c) Fall away

(2) No gifts were distributed to any guests.

(a) and (b) Fall away.

Reply:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Legal Aid South Africa, and Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have reported as follows:

A. Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

(aa) Cleaning

The function of cleaning and gardening is provided and paid for by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI). The Framework for the Devolution of Budget, Version 17, Clause 6.6 states that:

“DPW provides cleaning services for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development utilizing internal staff and outsourced services/contracts”.  

The DoJ&CD is considering exercising optionality whereby DPWI is to devolve the function of cleaning and gardening to DoJ&CD. Discussions with DPWI, in respect of transferring cleaning and gardening services to DoJ&CD, are ongoing and a task team has been established to deal with the smooth transfer of the function from DPWI to DoJ&CD. Agreement in principle is that the function will be devolved in a phase out approach. The first phase will be to devolve all the outsourced cleaning and gardening contract to DoJ&CD and the second phase will be to transfer the in-house services. The target date for this devolution is April 2020.

(bb) Security Services

(aaa) R685 239 million in the financial year 2017/18.

(bbb) R718 602 million in the financial year 2018/19.

(b) and (c) The service providers paid by the Department are tabulated below:

 

GUARDING SERVICES
SERVICE PROVIDER	2017/18 AMOUNT PAID (R'000)	2018/19 AMOUNT PAID (R'000)	TOTAL PAID (R'000)
Tyeks Security Services	10 186	10 187	20 373
Mabotwane Security Services	99 208	71 329	170 537
Fidelity Security Services	221 963	225 565	447 528
Mcc Security Services	75 163	108 679	183 843
Jackcliffy Trading	115 770	120 118	235 888
Tshedza Protective Service	43 133	39 719	82 853
Office of the Chief Justice (Upgrading of Private Security for Judges)	0	534	534
Total	565 424	576 131	1 141 555

CASH IN TRANSIT
SERVICE PROVIDER	2017/18 AMOUNT PAID (R'000)	2018/19 AMOUNT PAID (R'000)	TOTAL PAID (R'000)
Fidelity Cash Solutions	22 996	19 558	42 553
Office Of The Chief Justice	542	0	542
Total	23 538	19 558	43 096

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS EXPENDITURE
SERVICE PROVIDER	2017/18 AMOUNT PAID R'000	2018/19 AMOUNT PAID R'000	TOTAL PAID R'000
Global Technology Systems	94 097	121 177	215 274
Isecure Digital	1 723	1 736	3 459
R And D Screening Technologies	447	0	447
Mutual Safe & Security	5	0	5
Smiles Keycraft	1	0	1
Sysman Public Safety Systems	4	0	4
Total	96 277	122 913	219 190

2017/18 & 2018/19 Total Expenditure for Security Services

685 239

718 602

1 403 840

B. National Prosecuting Authority

a) and (c) The NPA has paid a total amount of R57 674 779.85 to suppliers during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years in respect of cleaning, security and gardening services. This amount is divided into the various services as follows:

2017/18

• Cleaning - R7 852 550.63
• Security - R17 687 208.14
• Gardening - R944 387.44

2018/19

• Cleaning - R10 354 139.25
• Security - R19 870 152.47
• Gardening - R966 341.92

b) Please see the attached spreadsheet, attached as Annexure A which provides details of the amount paid to each supplier.

C. Special Investigation Unit

a) The SIU has spent as follows:

No.	Description	2017/18	2018/19
(aa)	Cleaning Services	R1 502 063.18	R1 414 797.04
(bb)	Security Services	R320 888.45	R547 076.24
(cc)	Gardening Services	None, as it is included on the operating costs that are paid to landlords for office accommodation.

b) The amount paid to each service provider is tabulated on the link below:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW620_TableB.pdf

c) Thelink below provides the total amount paid to each of the service providers:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW620_TableC.pdf

D. Legal Aid South Africa

a) and (c) Legal Aid South Africa spent as follows during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years:

Total amounts paid to each of the service providers:
No.	Description	2017/18	2018/19
(aa)	Cleaning Services	R7 651 319	R8 459 042
(bb)	Security Services	R2 198 512	R2 342 609
(cc)	Gardening Services	No costs were incurred for gardening services.

b) The lists of service providers for cleaning and security services is attached as Annexures B and C respectively.

E. The Office of the Chief Justice

The office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) does not contract cleaning, security and gardening services directly at any of its services centres.

The Office of the Chief Justice uses cleaning services that are under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD).

Reply:

1. (a) There are 16 Wastewater treatment works (WwTW) in operation in Joe Gqabi District in the Eastern Cape Province.

(b) The exact location of each treatment plant is presented with GPS Coordinates in Table 1 below:

Table 1: Location of treatment plants in Joe Gqabi District Municipality

Description	WwTW Type	Observation	Latitude	Longitude
Aliwal North WwTW	Activated sludge	Prime Condition	-30.6799448770	26.7160608150
Mount Fletcher WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Vandalised	-30.6838888890	28.5105555560
Maclear WwTW	Activated sludge	Prime Condition	-31.0605555560	28.3377777780
Maclear WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Vandalised	-31.0607090030	28.3378840060
Prentjiesberg WwTW	Activated sludge	Operational	-31.1886054290	28.2514474910
Steynsburg WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Operational	-31.2844444440	25.8075000000
Oviston WwTW	Activated sludge	Operational	-30.6964892960	25.7636853450
Burgersdorp WwTW	Activated sludge	Prime Condition	-31.0058333330	26.3380555560
Jamestown WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Prime Condition	-31.1419444440	26.8075000000
Sterkspruit WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Vandalised	-30.5169444440	27.3686111110
Sterkspruit WwTW	Package plant	Operational	-30.5169444440	27.3686111110
Lady Grey WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Prime Condition	-30.7094444440	27.1825000000
Barkley East WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Operational	-30.9652777780	27.6044444440
Barkley East 2 WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Operational	-30.9521538460	27.5953846150
Herschel WwTW	Activated sludge	Operational	-30.6109075780	27.1590028000
Ugie WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Operational	-31.1880555560	28.2500000000

(2)(a) The Mount Fletcher, Maclear and Sterkspruit Waste Water Treatment Works are currently being monitored by my department as they are not functioning properly.

(b) The three treatment works are not functioning optimally due to poor operations and maintenance, overloading and the challenge of vandalism as indicated in the table below:

Table 2: Plants that are not functioning optimally and the reasons thereof:

(a) Not functioning optimally	Process	(b) Reasons not functioning optimally
Mount Fletcher WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Poor O&M, Overloading & Vandalism
Maclear WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Poor O&M, Overloading & Vandalism
Sterkspruit WwTW	Oxidation ponds	Vandalised

(3) Yes, the three WwTW not functioning optimally are discharging partially treated effluent into the local streams. Table 3 below shows the local streams into which each plant (as mentioned above) discharges partially treated effluent.

Table 3: Streams/Rivers impacted by partially treated effluent

WWTW not functioning optimally	River
Mount Fletcher WwTW	Tokwana River
Maclear WwTW	Mooi River
Sterkspruit WwTW	Sterkspruit River

The Department, through the Eastern Cape Regional office has been in communication with the local municipalities to resolve this issue. Non-compliance letters requesting the action plan to address the issues were sent to the local municipalities. The action plan will be monitored by the Department.

Reply:

a)  (i) (aa) (bb) Given that holiday and after-school programmes are provincially determined and driven programmes, the number of schools that participate in these programmes per province is not in the possession of the Department of Basic Education and may therefore be solicited from Provincial Education Departments (PEDs).

b) (ii)(aa)(bb) Similarly, the number of schools that do not participate in these programmes may be requested from the PEDs.

Reply:

1. The Department of Basic Education did not host any event or function

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) N/A

2. The Department of Basic Education did not host any event or function and thus the above does not apply.

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The central theme of this question is around competence of the Department of Agriculture and Land Reform. All policies are formulated by following due process. The Expropriation Bill [B-2019] is currently in its development stage.

(a), (b), (c) and (d) Fall away.

Reply:

Since the 2011 State of the Nation Address, the Presidency has established an interdepartmental coordinating mechanism to explore innovative means for implementing a sanitary dignity campaign, given the prevailing lack of resources in each department. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) continues to mobilise partners in business and civil society to support the cause of providing sanitary pads to leaners.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

(a) - (d) Please refer to the table below:

Job Title	Salary Level	Total Remuneration	Qualifications	Job Description	Start date
Special Adviser (Only one Adviser appointed at this moment)	15	R361 594.50 for three months of contract.	Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws and an LLM Degree	To provide legal advice to the Minister on the exercise or performance of powers and duties. Provide legal advice to the Minister on the development of policies that will promote departmental mandate and objectives	12 July 2019 to 12 October 2019

Reply:

a) Impoundment of water in Polihali Dam will commence in mid Aug 2024 and water deliveries to Katse Dam in Feb 2026. The planned date of completion of the Project is measured when the first water can be delivered from Polihali Dam into Katse Dam.

PHASE II MASTER IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
ITEMS	CRITICAL DATES
Designs of Advanced Infrastructure commenced	Apr 2015 – end Sept 2018
Award tenders for construction of Advanced Infrastructure	End June 2018 – Jan 2020
Tenders awarded for Polihali Dam design and Polihali Tunnel design	Dam: Jul 2017 Tunnel: Nov 2017
Award tenders for construction of Polihali Dam and Tunnel	Dam: Sept 2020 Tunnel: Apr 2020
Start impounding water in Polihali dam	Aug 2024
Water delivery to augment Katse Dam for RSA deliveries	Feb2026 (Highly dependent on reasonable rainfall)

(b) The final cost at completion of Phase II of the Project in 2026 will be R 32,562,290,145.00 this includes provision for escalation due to inflation up to 2026, and a contingency amount to take care of unforeseen circumstances during the implementation of all features of the Project.

PHASE II BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE TO DATE
Water Transfer : Audited costs to June 2019
Cost by Category	Revised LTCP (Nov 2018)	Cost to Date (June 2019)	Expended %
All Engineering	2,100,100,033	350 897 766	16,7%
Construction - Main works	13,204,085,486	-	0,0%
Construction - Advanced infrastructure	4,800,345,677	114 284 833	2,4%
Administration & PMU	551,542,109	325 681 635	59,0%
Environmental & Social	1,201,963,757	105 330 757	8,8%
Sub-totals	21,858,037,062	896 194 991	4,1%
Escalation – LSL (Lesotho Loti)	4,432,007,238	75 305 037	1,7%
Escalation – Forex	2,989,867,884	48 158 208	1,6%
Sub-totals	29,279,912,184	1 019 658 236	3,5%
Contingency	3,282,377,961	67 556 115	2,1%
Total	32,562,290,145	1 087 214 351	3,3%

Note:

1. “Cost to date” will increase rapidly since a large number of construction contracts were awarded lately.

2. LTCP = Long Term Cost Plan

Reply:

We wish to reply to the Honourable Member as follows:

a) The International trips for Minister are based on the requests for support from the Presidency and other key stakeholders such as the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, for essential issues of national interest related to justice and legal co-operation matters. However, the Departmental requests for international trips are based on the requirements of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD)`s Annual Performance Plan as well as fulfilling prior commitments in multilateral engagements such as the United Nations (and its Special Agencies dealing with crime prevention and criminal justice matters such as the UNODC), African Union (AU) Ministerial meetings, engagements with the UN and AU Human Rights Mechanisms. Southern African Development Community (SADC), International Criminal Court (ICC) Commonwealth, Brazil, Russia, India, Chief and South Africa (BRICS) to advance South Africa`s position on international legal matters.

b) The size of the delegation to any Departmental international trip is governed by the DoJ&CD`s Travel Policy and approved by the Director- General. The delegation for Ministry is determined in line with the Public Finance Management Act and in line with the Ministerial Handbook.

c) The flights, accommodation costs and other expenses are as per National Treasury Guidelines for the applicable job levels.

Furthermore, it is impossible to accurately state the number of trips and persons making up the delegations as invitations arise from time to time , and are dependent on budgetary considerations and personnel capacity.

Reply:

I have been informed by the NDPP as follows:

“Paragraphs 8.2 and 9.4 of the Report of the Public Protector (Report), read together, order the NDPP to conduct an investigation into ‘prima facie evidence of money laundering’, and to submit an implementation plan for the approval of the Public Protector, within 30 days of publication of the Report (“the orders”). The Public Protector has agreed to stay the orders, pending the review of the Report.

In the spirit of co-operative governance, as is peremptory under Section 41 of the Constitution, the NDPP wrote to the Public Protector seeking clarity on whether the orders were meant merely to constitute notifying the NDPP of her opinion that the facts disclose the commission of an offence, as contemplated in s6(4)(c)(i) of the Public Protector Act.

The Public Protector responded by stating that the order in paragraph 8.2 is a referral to the NDPP on the basis of her opinion that the facts disclose a commission of an offence as, contemplated by s6(4)(c)(i), and that the order requiring the NDPP to submit a report for her approval, is a logical and legal consequence of paragraph 8.2 (read with paragraphs 7.1.3 and 7.3.3).

The NDPP understands that response to mean that the Public Protector persists with the orders. These orders impact on and infringe the constitutional and statutory mandate of the NPA to investigate and prosecute crime, free of supervision or interference by another party and without fear or favour.

The mandate of a Public Protector vis a vis an NDPP, in terms of the Constitution and the Public Protector Act is restricted to notifying the authority charged with prosecutions of his or her opinion that the facts disclose the commission of an offence. It is therefore a constitutional issue that requires the NDPP, in the interests of the independence of the NPA, to file an affidavit supporting the review to set aside the remedial orders against the NDPP in paragraphs 8.2 and 9.4 of the Report.

The NDPP will file an affidavit after having seen the record of decision and any supplementary affidavits by the applicants.

It must be emphasised that this is purely a legal issue and does not in any way impact on the NDPP’s consideration of the matter in light of the opinion of the Public Protector that the facts disclose the commission of an offence”.

Reply:

a) The processes for the appointment of the second Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa are underway and Minister will announce names after appointment.

b) Constitution of the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council is provided for by section 7 of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act No. 22 of 2007). The Criteria used in appointing members of the Council is detailed in the Regulations relating to the appointment of the interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa, Government Gazette No. R 685 of 22 August 2011 as follows:

Nomination of members of the Council

1. The Minister must by –

a) Notice in the Gazette;

b) An advertisement placed in at least two newspapers with national and regional circulation; and

c) Any other means considered necessary by him or her.

Invite nomination for persons to be considered for appointment of the Council.

2. The notice contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must state –

a) The requirements for consideration for appointment;

b) The period within which the nominations must be submitted; and

c) An address to which the nominations must be sent.

3. The Minister must request nominations of one person each from –

a) The Director-General for a person to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (d) of the Act;

b) The Health Professions Council of South Africa for persons to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (f) of the Act; and

c) The South African Pharmacy Council of South Africa for a person to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (g) of the Act

 

Selection process

1. The returning officer must, not later than 21 days after the close of nominations, submit all valid nominations to the Minister.

2. The Minister may appoint a panel comprising of at least four people, whom at least two shall be persons who have experience in traditional health practice, to consider and advise the Minister on the nomination received.

3. The Minister may call for further nominations if no nominations are received in a particular category or an insufficient number of nominations were received within the period specified in the notice for invitation contemplated in regulation 2 (1).

4. The panel may use a screening process and interviews of nominees in selecting candidates to be recommended for appointment by the Minister.

5. The panel must submit a report of the recommended candidate together with the list of all nominees and supporting documents to the Minister for consideration of appointment to the Council.

6. The Minister’s power to appoint members of the board is not limited to the recommended candidates.

END.

Reply:

The table below indicates the number of households per province that have registered their need for adequate shelter on the National Housing Needs Register (NHNR).

The total number of households per province are presented as follow:

• Approved on Housing Subsidy System (HSS): indicates the total number of households on the NHNR that have completed subsidy application forms and these subsidy applications forms were approved on HSS against the relevant project.
• On National Housing Needs Register (NHNR) Only: indicates the total number of households that have registered their need for adequate shelter on the National Housing Needs Register. These households have not completed subsidy applications forms to date.

The Western Cape Provincial Department of Human Settlements is not utilizing the National Housing Needs Register. The information related to Western Cape was imported onto the National Housing Needs Register in 2010.

Reply:

The number of prosecutions finalised including ADRM is displayed in the table below:

Financial Years	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Number of cases (prosecutions) finalised including ADRM
National	503 463	477 802	505 376	494 815	425 778
District Courts	465 834	442 371	470 055	460 598	394 335
Regional Courts	36 651	34 419	34 257	33 246	30 477
High Courts	978	1 012	1 064	971	966
Number of cases (prosecutions) finalised with a verdict (convictions and acquittals)
National	319 149	310 850	341 360	335 161	276 309
District Courts	284 741	278 006	308 688	303 353	247 342
Regional Courts	33 430	31 832	31 608	30 837	28 001
High Courts	978	1 012	1 064	971	966
Number of Convictions
National	294 608	289 245	321 190	317 475	260 456
District Courts	268 127	263 377	295 013	291 609	236 705
Regional Courts	25 591	24 958	25 209	24 976	22 882
High Courts	890	910	968	890	869

Reply:

(1) The Department of Water and Sanitation did not host any function related to its 2019 Budget Vote.

The Department of Human Settlements hosted a function on 9 July 2019 that launched the Guide on Neighbourhood Planning and Design, the Red Book. This was in line with the 2019-2020 delivery priorities as pronounced in the Budget Speech.

The launch referred to above:

a) was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre;

b) cost the Department an amount of R 400 223.76; and

c) was attended by Members of the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Members of the Executive Council (MECs), representatives from the entities reporting to me, the financial and construction sectors, social partners, the academia, officials from both my Departments, amongst others.

(2) No.

(a) Falls away

(b) Falls away

 

Reply:

The Department of of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has informed me as follows:

1. The DoJ&CD did not host any event/function during its 2019 Budget Vote debate. However, it only arranged a holding area to accommodate guests who arrived before the tabling of the Budget Vote.

a) The holding area was arranged within the Parliament Precinct (Palm Court, Marks Building Restaurant)

b) The total cost of refreshments for the holding area was R4 400.00

c) The guest list with names of invited stakeholders is attached as Annexure A, on this regards not all the guest on the list attended.

2. There were no gifts distributed to the guests.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a) According to the records of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), an amount of R4 082.57 is owed to the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality by the DPWI.

b) According to the records of the Department, the amount of R4 082.57 has been outstanding for more than 120 days.

c) (i) The Department is working with the Municipality to correct the matter.

(ii) It is anticipated that this process will be completed by 30 September 2019.

Reply:

environmental aFairs

Department: Environmental Affairs

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

(For written reply)

QUESTION NO.738 {NW1783E}

INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 12 of 2019

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 06 September 2019

Mr G K Y Cachalia (DA) to ask the Minister of Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries:

1. Whether her department hosted any event and/or function related to its 2019 Budget Vote debate; if so, (a) where was each event held, (b) what was the total cost of each event and (c) what is the name of each person who was invited to attend each event as a guest;
2. Whether any gifts were distributed to guests attending any of the events; if so,
   1. what are the relevant details of the gifts distributed and (b) who sponsored the gifts?

738. THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

REPLIES:

1. The Department did not host any event and/or function related to the 2019 Budget Vote debate.

• 1. The Department served refreshments like coffee, tea, soft beverages and light snacks at the Parliament Media Centre;
  2. The total cost incurred in serving these amounted to R71 000;

• 1. The attendees at this event were members of the Portfolio Committee, officials of the Department, members of the public who attended the debate and members of the media.

1. No gifts were distributed to any guests or attendees.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

DATE: !.I..(.it. 7J'3

Reply:

 

1. Officials from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) have not conducted any monitoring at the Macadamia Military Base, Louisville sewer plant, Tonga Hospital and Shongwe Hospital in the Mpumalanga Province. These sites are not regulated in terms of the Waste Act, 2008 and as such, no waste licenses were issued by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. No auditing has therefore been conducted at these sites because they are not classified as waste facilities in terms of the Waste Act, 2008.

Departmental officials have consulted with compliance and enforcement officials from the following departments: National Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (DHSWS)’s regional office in Mpumalanga, National Department of Health and the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Agriculture, Rural Land and Environmental Affairs (MDARLEA) with a view to determine the status quo at these sites.

In accordance with the response received from DHSWS’ Inkomati-Usuthu Catchment Management Agency (IUCMA), the four sites mentioned above are Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). These WWTW were monitored recently by the agency between the period March 2019 and June 2019. Monitoring reports are available from the IUCMA.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Reply:

(A) What investigations into the suspension of a certain person (details furnished) have been undertaken

A forensic investigation was instituted following allegations of impropriety made against the person received through the SA Tourism whistle-blowing hotline and protected disclosure.

(B) On what date did the specified investigations commence

6 May 2019

(C) Who is undertaking the investigations

Bowmans’ Forensic Investigations

(D) What are the costs of the investigations so far

The costs will be communicated in due course once process is concluded

(E) By what date will a final report in this regard be finalised

As Minister I gave concurrence to the request from board on the 15 July 2019

(F) Why have no charges been laid to date against the specified person

The specified person has been charged. An internal disciplinary enquiry is set-down for 5 – 10 days in the month of September 2019.

Reply:

1. The Department of Public Service and Administration did not host any event and/or function related to its 2019 Budget Vote debate.
2. N/A

Reply:

A number of companies, both domestic and foreign-owned, have local manufacturing or related factories in South Africa. The following are some of the key local companies that assemble; refurbish; and/ or maintain locomotives, wagons and passenger trains:

1. Transnet Engineering (TE) manufactures, refurbishes and maintains all classes of rail rolling stock at its various facilities across South Africa.2
2. Gibela Rail Consortium is manufacturing the new trains for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) at their facility in Dunnottar, Nigel.
3. Alstom Ubunye is previously known as Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW). They have capacity to manufacture and refurbish both locomotives and passenger coaches.
4. TMH Africa is previously known as DCD Rolling Stock plant. This facility has the capacity to do the assembly, maintenance and modernisation of locomotives and wagons.
5. Naledi Rail Engineering (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for PRASA at their facility in Germiston.
6. Wictra Holdings (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for the PRASA and locomotives at their facilities in Cape Town (Brackenfell) and Boksburg (Dunswart).
7. Traxtion Sheltam is involved in locomotive rebuild and overhaul at their facility in Rosslyn.
8. African Rail and Traction Services (Pty) Ltd – the previous Grindrod facility – is involved in the repair, reconditioning and upgrading of locomotives and track-mobiles at their facility in Pretoria West.
9. Amsted Rail (formerly owned by SCAW Metal) based in Boksburg produces cast wheels for the domestic rail industry
10. Highveld Structural Steel produces rail-lines currently supplying to the mining industry.

There is a further number of companies in the supply chain at various levels that support the above mentioned companies with sub-systems; components; materials and associated services.

 

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